Uninstalling DataStax Community

Select the uninstall method for your type of installation.

Uninstalling Debian- and RHEL-based packages

Use this method when you have installed DataStax Community using APT or Yum.

Stop the Cassandra and DataStax Agent services:
```
$ sudo service cassandra stop
```

Make sure all services are stopped:

$ ps auwx | grep cassandra
$ ps auwx | grep datastax-agent ## If the DataStax Agent was installed.

If services are still running, use the PID to kill the service:

$ sudo kill cassandra_pid
$ sudo kill datastax_agent_pid  ## If the DataStax Agent was installed.

Remove the library and log directories:

$ sudo rm -r /var/lib/cassandra
$ sudo rm -r /var/log/cassandra

Remove the installation directories:

RHEL-based packages:

$ sudo yum remove "cassandra-*" "datastax-*" ## datastax-x required if the DataStax Agent was installed.

Debian-based packages:

$ sudo apt-get purge "cassandra-*" "datastax-*"  ## datastax-x required if the DataStax Agent was installed..

Use this method when you have installed DataStax Community using the binary tarball.

Stop the node:

$ ps auwx | grep cassandra
$ sudo  kill <pid>